Comments on: Hard times http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/14/hard-times/ Just another Pajamasmedia.com weblog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:10:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: woowoo http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/14/hard-times/#comment-30273 woowoo Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:54:52 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=1865#comment-30273 can't believe people actually eat canned spag sauce anyway. can’t believe people actually eat canned spag sauce anyway.

]]> By: no mo uro http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/14/hard-times/#comment-30045 no mo uro Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:11:50 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=1865#comment-30045 Catch your own fish. Hunt your own game. Grow your own veggies, even if it's just a couple of whiskey barrels full. Learn to cook it all. You'll have fun doing it, and once your savings have paid for the cost of equipment and licenses, the rest is, if you'll pardon the expression, gravy. Catch your own fish. Hunt your own game. Grow your own veggies, even if it’s just a couple of whiskey barrels full.

Learn to cook it all.

You’ll have fun doing it, and once your savings have paid for the cost of equipment and licenses, the rest is, if you’ll pardon the expression, gravy.

]]> By: Karla http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/14/hard-times/#comment-30021 Karla Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:04:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=1865#comment-30021 Try living on just a buck a day! We're on Day 17 of our month long "Dollar-A-Day" Challenge. Billions of people around the world really do survive on a dollar a day. We've been doing this as a social experiment as well as a way to raise money in support of my upcoming Habitat for Humanity trip to Zambia; a country where living on a dollar a day is the norm. We invite everyone to come check out our progress: http://1-dollar-a-day.blogspot.com Thanks! Karla Try living on just a buck a day!

We’re on Day 17 of our month long “Dollar-A-Day” Challenge.

Billions of people around the world really do survive on a dollar a day. We’ve been doing this as a social experiment as well as a way to raise money in support of my upcoming Habitat for Humanity trip to Zambia; a country where living on a dollar a day is the norm.

We invite everyone to come check out our progress: http://1-dollar-a-day.blogspot.com

Thanks!
Karla

]]> By: naman http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/14/hard-times/#comment-29882 naman Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:53:46 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=1865#comment-29882 $35 a shoestring budget?!? Maybe for wealthy east-side Manhattanites... I always hated spending money for spaghetti sauce. I just buy those 8oz jars of tomato sauce (usually 45-60 cents) and add whatever herb/spice combo to flavor it (usually garlic/basil/parsley). I rarely spend over $2 total to make sauce. Also, the "American Dream" crack from that previous poster: I don't know what that guys definition of "The American Dream" is, but I always thought it was about having the OPPORTUNITY to chase your dreams and even potentially achieve them. It's not about money/power, it's about dreams and hopes, which that guy obviously doesn't have. $35 a shoestring budget?!? Maybe for wealthy east-side Manhattanites…

I always hated spending money for spaghetti sauce. I just buy those 8oz jars of tomato sauce (usually 45-60 cents) and add whatever herb/spice combo to flavor it (usually garlic/basil/parsley). I rarely spend over $2 total to make sauce.

Also, the “American Dream” crack from that previous poster: I don’t know what that guys definition of “The American Dream” is, but I always thought it was about having the OPPORTUNITY to chase your dreams and even potentially achieve them. It’s not about money/power, it’s about dreams and hopes, which that guy obviously doesn’t have.

]]> By: Al_Batross http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/14/hard-times/#comment-29878 Al_Batross Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:19:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=1865#comment-29878 "You can eat healthy and cheap if you try" - JOG That was a most mouth-watering menu from the JOG household ! “You can eat healthy and cheap if you try” – JOG

That was a most mouth-watering menu from the JOG household !

]]> By: kevIN http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/14/hard-times/#comment-29875 kevIN Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:41:00 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=1865#comment-29875 Sheesh - I can make Peppercorn Filet Mignon with Garlic Mashed Potatoes for under $15. Sheesh – I can make Peppercorn Filet Mignon with Garlic Mashed Potatoes for under $15.

]]> By: Kelly B http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/14/hard-times/#comment-29863 Kelly B Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:38:04 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=1865#comment-29863 Two things come to mind reading this. First, a long time ago, I read the following in a collection of old Readers' Digest stories: The daughter of a Hollywood producer was asked to write a story about a poor family for a school assignment. Her effort: "Once upon a time, there was a poor family. The father was poor, the mother was poor, the children was poor, the chauffeur was poor, the maids were poor..." Second, this historical gem: "Qu'ils mangeant de la Brioche!" (french may be a trifle rusty, but I think that's how it went). Two things come to mind reading this.
First, a long time ago, I read the following in a collection of old Readers’ Digest stories:
The daughter of a Hollywood producer was asked to write a story about a poor family for a school assignment. Her effort: “Once upon a time, there was a poor family. The father was poor, the mother was poor, the children was poor, the chauffeur was poor, the maids were poor…”
Second, this historical gem: “Qu’ils mangeant de la Brioche!” (french may be a trifle rusty, but I think that’s how it went).

]]> By: Richard Aubrey http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/14/hard-times/#comment-29858 Richard Aubrey Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:41:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=1865#comment-29858 Having spent a bit of time in La Mancha--with the requisite picture in front of Don Q's statue--I was interested in a recipe that required manchega cheese. Looked for it. Only available in the top-dollar deli. Cripes. Only saffron cost more per (tiny) unit of weight and gold wasn't even in it. House brand muenster did just fine. What is it with these people? Thing is, they're perfectly sincere. They have no clue. Having spent a bit of time in La Mancha–with the requisite picture in front of Don Q’s statue–I was interested in a recipe that required manchega cheese.
Looked for it. Only available in the top-dollar deli. Cripes. Only saffron cost more per (tiny) unit of weight and gold wasn’t even in it.
House brand muenster did just fine.
What is it with these people?
Thing is, they’re perfectly sincere. They have no clue.

]]> By: Killersaurus http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/14/hard-times/#comment-29845 Killersaurus Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:51:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=1865#comment-29845 Spaghetti sauce = can of tomatoes, squirt of tomato paste, two crushed garlic cloves, and a few shakes of crushed red pepper < $3. Add in noodles and you're looking at less than $5 for a meal that'll feed four people. Spaghetti sauce = can of tomatoes, squirt of tomato paste, two crushed garlic cloves, and a few shakes of crushed red pepper < $3. Add in noodles and you’re looking at less than $5 for a meal that’ll feed four people.

]]> By: Agoraphobic Plumber http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/14/hard-times/#comment-29843 Agoraphobic Plumber Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:16:29 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/?p=1865#comment-29843 "Alive and well my a**. I bet in your world you define any success as the american dream, i tell you what. Bernard Madoff is the new definition of the american dream. And while you are at it add Lehman, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley etc to the list." Heh. The info war is still in full bloom, I see. FWIW, I know it's alive and well because I'm living it, and have been for a long time. Neither I nor anybody I know has had any dealings with Madoff, Lehman, et al (unless maybe somebody has a 401K with Morgan, not sure on that one). Those are the New York City dream. For the American Dream you really should look at flyover country. RE spaghetti, it happens to be my favorite food ever. And for $35.00, I could easily feed 8 or 10 people not just the sauce but the noodles and garlic bread, and probably some soda with it, plus salad from the garden when it's in season. With a little education (to avoid sickness or death), wonderful mushrooms can easily be had for free in my neighborhood (during non-snow months) by checking out some logs and stumps in the woods. I don't currently have one, but a small windowbox spice garden can provide everything necessary to make a sauce better than anything you can buy. If you have the time and inclination, you can make your own sauce with simple tomatoes from the garden. I'll leave it to Martha Stewart to try making your own pasta noodles, though. Life is too short for some things. “Alive and well my a**. I bet in your world you define any success as the american dream, i tell you what. Bernard Madoff is the new definition of the american dream. And while you are at it add Lehman, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley etc to the list.”

Heh. The info war is still in full bloom, I see. FWIW, I know it’s alive and well because I’m living it, and have been for a long time. Neither I nor anybody I know has had any dealings with Madoff, Lehman, et al (unless maybe somebody has a 401K with Morgan, not sure on that one). Those are the New York City dream. For the American Dream you really should look at flyover country.

RE spaghetti, it happens to be my favorite food ever. And for $35.00, I could easily feed 8 or 10 people not just the sauce but the noodles and garlic bread, and probably some soda with it, plus salad from the garden when it’s in season. With a little education (to avoid sickness or death), wonderful mushrooms can easily be had for free in my neighborhood (during non-snow months) by checking out some logs and stumps in the woods. I don’t currently have one, but a small windowbox spice garden can provide everything necessary to make a sauce better than anything you can buy. If you have the time and inclination, you can make your own sauce with simple tomatoes from the garden.

I’ll leave it to Martha Stewart to try making your own pasta noodles, though. Life is too short for some things.

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